Troy Winbush

Troy Winbush
Winbush in 2010
Born	(1970-03-12) March 12, 1970 Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Troy Winbush (born March 12, 1970) is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Denny on The Cosby Show.

Early life

Winbush was born in Manhattan, New York to Betty Winbush. He is also the younger brother of Alicia Winbush.

Career

He is best known for his recurring role as Denny on The Cosby Show, appearing on the series from 1987 to 1991. He also made guest appearances in other notable television series including Tremors, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Boston Public, CSI: Miami, JAG, Monk, Touched by an Angel, The Parkers, and the short-lived NBC drama, Medical Investigation.

He co-starred in the feature films The Replacements (2000), John Q (2002), The Last Shot (2004), and Backwoods (2008). He also played Travis Harris in Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

Troy played the role of “baby” Emile in the 1987 movie The Principal starring James Belushi.

Winbush made an appearance in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Proton Resurgence".

Personal life

Winbush is married to Monica Dozier and has two children.

Filmography

Film and TV Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Principal	'Baby' Emile
1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Roland Auburn
1991	Luther's Choice	Tank	TV movie
1997	Heart of Fire	Thorsen	TV movie
1999	Mutiny	Leroy Wallis	TV movie
	The Moment After	George Harris
2000	The Replacements	Walter Cochran
2001	Gabriela	Douglas
	Carmen: A Hip Hopera	Sgt. Tony Porter	TV movie
	Good Advice	Golfer
	Diary of a Sex Addict	Ordell	Video
	Loomis	-	TV movie
2002	John Q.	Steve Smith
	A Light in the Darkness	Nathaniel Hansen
	What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway	James	TV movie
	The Chatroom	J-Ron	Video
2003	The United States of Leland	Dave
	Eye Contact	Guy in Cafe	Short
2004	Six: The Mark Unleashed	Lewis
	The Last Shot	Agent Ray Dawson
	Sniper 3	Captain Laraby	Video
2005	The Luau	Big Spade
2006	FBI Guys	Agent Willoughby	Short
2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Agent Hammer
	A.M.P.E.D.	Officer Kenneth Menck	TV movie
2008	Backwoods	Chris Basso	TV movie
	Diary of a Tired Black Man	Man In Black Suit At Club
2009	Her	Calvin
2010	Meet My Mom	Lanny	TV movie
	Jack's Family Adventure	Roy Bauer	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987–91	The Cosby Show	Denny	Recurring cast: season 4–5, guest: season 6-7
1988	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Ty	Episode: "Gambler"
1991	Golden Years	Tanker Driver	Episode: "Second Chance"
1992	Law & Order	Leon Jarvis	Episode: "Cradle to Grave"
1994	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Young MC	Episode: "P.O.W.E.R.: The Eddie Matos Story"
	Sister, Sister	Stage Manager	Episode: "Free Billy"
1996	Buddies	Todd	Episode: "There Goes the Groom"
	JAG	Engineer	Episode: "Recovery"
	Ink	Cabbie	Episode: "Above the Fold"
1997	Dark Skies	Quentin	Episode: "Burn, Baby, Burn"
1998	The Pretender	Agent Grimm	Episode: "A Stand-Up Guy"
	In the House	Evan	Episode: "Mr. Hill Goes to New York"
	You're the One	Howard Purdue	Episode: "Pilot"
	Getting Personal	Mitchell	Episode: "Guess Who Else Is Coming to Dinner?"
2000	Touched by an Angel	Langford T.	Episode: "Finger of God"
2001	Strong Medicine	Ray Ellis	Episode: "Donors"
	ER	Uniform Officer	Episode: "Start All Over Again"
2002	Titus	Commander	Episode: "The Trial"
	NYPD Blue	Harold Carr	Episode: "Oh, Mama!"
	Boston Public	Aaron Lipschultz	Episode: "Chapter Forty" & "Chapter Fifty-Two"
2003	Tremors	Max	Episode: "Hit and Run"
	CSI: Miami	Welch	Episode: "Spring Break" & "Freaks and Tweaks"
	Soul Food	Lionel Willock	Episode: "Shades of Grey" & "My Brother's Keeper"
	The Handler	Kent	Episode: "Big Stones"
2004	The Parkers	Lester	Recurring cast: season 5
2004–05	Medical Investigation	Frank Powell	Main cast
2007	Girlfriends	Keith Atwood	Episode: "What Had Happened Was..."
	Monk	Silent Killa	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Rapper"
	Saving Grace	William Stener	Episode: "Everything's Got a Shelf Life"
2009	Meteor	Simon	Episode: "Episode #1.2"
	Lie to Me	Wallace	Episode: "Unchained"
	The Storm	Brian Drexler	Episode: "The Storm, Part 1 & 2"
2010	Bones	Fireman #1	Episode: "The Witch in the Wardrobe"
	The Whole Truth	Detective	Episode: "True Confessions"
	The Mentalist	Phil Debolt	Episode: "The Red Ponies"
	The Defenders	Officer Chuck Collins	Episode: "Nevada v. Rodgers"
2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Deputy Chief Johnson	Episode: "Blackout"
	NCIS	Sam Keeler	Episode: "Tell-All"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Baseball Pundit #2	Episode: "Don't Hate the Player"
	Castle	Marcus Ford	Episode: "Kill Shot"
2012	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	Travis 'T-Bone' Harris	Episode: "Do the Hustle" & "God Bless the Paynes"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	George Toretto	Episode: "The Fifth Man"
2012–14	Scandal	Morris Elcott	Recurring cast: season 1, guest: season 2-3
2013	Malibu Country	Officer Jenkins	Episode: "Adventures in Babysitting"
	The Big Bang Theory	Paramedic	Episode: "The Proton Resurgence"
2013–22	The Goldbergs	Officer Puchinski	Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2-3 & 5-10
2016	Better Call Saul	Detective	Episode: "Cobbler"
	StartUp	-	Episode: "Proof of Concept" & "Buyout"
	NCIS: New Orleans	Chief Petty Officer Jolly	Episode: "One Good Man"
2017	Law & Order True Crime	Curtis	Recurring cast
2018	American Horror Story: Apocalypse	Newscaster	Episode: "The End"
	Station 19	Clark	Episode: "Last Day on Earth"
2018–23	9-1-1	Nathaniel Greene	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2019	No Good Nick	Security System Installer	Episode: "The Pigeon Drop"
	Five Points	Paul Harper	Episode: "You Don't Know The Whole Story"
	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Shayla's Father	Episode: "Your Boss Knows You Don't Have Eyebrows"
2020–22	The Wilds	Dean Young	Main cast
2022	Chicago Fire	Detective Pryma	Recurring cast: season 10-11
	The Neighborhood	Kenny	Episode: "Welcome to the Hot Prospect"
2024	CSI: Vegas	Janitor Bing	Episode: "Scar Tissue"
2024–present	Grey's Anatomy	Darren Riley	Recurring cast
TBA	Suits: L.A.	Kevin	Post-production

Video Game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Code Blue	Paramedic Luc Dahmer (voice)
2011	L.A. Noire	Merlon Ottie (voice)

External links

• Troy Winbush at IMDb